07 May 1919
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Newspaper
San Antonio Evening News
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1919
Page
1
The News urges San Antonio voters to back the ANTI-RING TICKET in the May 13 election. It argues independent, cooperative governance benefits taxation, budgeting, sanitation, playgrounds, street work, and overall public welfare through official and popular cooperation with taxpayers and residents.
Follow the long article summary of the peace treaty between the Allied powers and Germany issued at Versailles. The document, about 80 000 words in 15 sections, covers League of Nations covenant frontiers reparations and economic terms, and details Germany’s territorial renunciations and military limits. It lists Alsace Lorraine return to France Danzig Saar Basin status and Germany’s broader obligations.
The article recalls Germany torpedoing the Lusitania in 1915 and the shift in American public opinion, then outlines the 1919 peace terms ending Prussian militarism. It names the involved powers, adjourned councils on colonies, reparations, and international river rules, with Allied and associated powers continuing discussions on pages beyond.
ERSAILLES May 7 German delegates received the peace treaty at 3 17 pm after a brief conference speech by Premier Cremen teau. The German reply admitted wrong to Belgium and urged impartial inquiry to determine guilt, asserting Germany’s wartime conduct was humane. Allies cited as pressuring for peace while noting German archives are open.
Secretary of War Laker states most of the American Army in Europe will depart France by August. The Army of Occupation will be separated from forces in France soon, with a future that halves manpower along military and educational lines. The Liquidation Commission will transfer equipment, buildings, warehouses, hospitals, and troops’ supplies to France as American units move westward.
A bundle of cryptic notes found at the Blackwell Oklahoma post office sparks fear of land mines and Bolshevik propaganda. Officials deem the messages possibly the work of a disturbed individual or staged by others.
Fragmentary weather brief mentions locations and ages with garbled text about weather patterns and a tailor named Lentz. The readable parts reference a Book of Commerce or addresses, but specifics are unclear. The item reads like a clipped odds-and-ends notice rather than a cohesive report.
Weather forces postponements in the Texas and National Leagues with rain delaying San Antonio, Cincinnati, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, and Boston games. American League action in Chicago and Cleveland shows incomplete box details with batterymen and umpires listed amid fragmented lines.
Historic outline lists Germany bound to accept agreements with former allies. Alsace Lorraine to France, Saar Basin internationalized temporarily, Danzig to internationalization, and major territorial shifts toward Belgium Denmark and Poland. Army reduced to 100000, conscription halted, fortifications east of Rhine razed, ports and war materials controls, and vast reparations obligations.
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